Tuesday, December 20, 2011

A Different Way To Make Use Of Your Volcano Vaporizer: Preparing Food With It

By Janet Fox


The Volcano, first trademarked in 1996 by German Markus Storz as a “Hot Air Extraction Inhaler”, is currently becoming well-known as a appliance by “Supermodern” cooks. Referred to as the leading device that utilizes hot air to draw out fragrance from herbal products, vegetation and seasoning, the Volcano vaporizer is being utilized to include “flavor” to the eating experience via the olfaction.

Honestly, I’m not sure how “Hypermodern” this is. Potato chip manufacturers and fast food restaurants have also used the same idea of “pumping out” scents. Ever heard of Glade? But, ok I get it. It’s like getting aromatherapy from my food.

What is taking place?

If you’re not comfortable with the Volcano vaporizer, it is a brushed-aluminum cone formed air-heating machine that is employed to create hot air to extract and consist of moisture from plants, herbs, flowers or spices. This wetness is known as smoke. The vapor is contained in a lean, light plastic bag designated a “pillow”. This pillow has a pressure-sensitive control device that permits the smell to be launched from the pillow. The smoke is then employed to add smell to cookery creations. Thought of as relatively scientific to old fashioned chefs, this method of adding smell to foods is more theoretically known as Molecular Gastronomy.

The Supermodern Chef

Making use of what is referred to as an “Easy Valve Mixology Attachment” (fundamentally a tube that can be fastened to a huge filling holding chamber), culinary chefs like Francisco Migoya, of the Apple Pie Bakery Café, at the Culinary Institute of America, utilize the Volcano vaporizer to include Cinnamon smell to the wrapping that have his Bacon Maple Candy Bar masterpieces. Once the bundle is opened up, the smell of fresh Cinnamon is emitted into the air. The candy bar itself includes no Cinnamon, but the experience from the aroma of the spice brings to the chocolate indulger’s adventure. Seemingly, the tongue can identify only seven distinct tastes, while the nostril can figure out over 700.

Other Hypermodern chefs like Grant Achatz of Alinea restaurant are using the Volcano vaporizer to make “aroma pillows". These pillows are being used to dispense aromas during the dining experience. Achatz had developed a method of emitting maize aroma into the air by poking small holes in pillows underneath the plates his braised duck.

According to the chef, the taste of maize is thought of bitter and annoying, but the smell is attractive and satisfying. This smell in the form of vapor gives the diner the adventure of the spice without the flavour.

The pattern of “Supermodern” food and the trend of “Experience Design” are turning into notable in dining culture. The Volcano vaporizer has set the standard for “hot-air balloon” vaporizers, and is now setting the standard as a required cooking tool for artistic forward-thinking chefs. The fine performers of cooking are pushing the limitations of physical perception and human encounter in fine eating restaurants.

Home Cooking

Will I be using the Volcano as a way to add scent-sations to my fantastic grill cheese sandwiches? Probably not! But for those folks who use the Volcano for Cannabis consumption, you can get your chef on as well. There are recipes online on how to use your herbal “leftovers” to create butter, for example. With vaporizing, a substantial amount of moisture is extracted from the herb, but a good amount still remains once vapor can no longer be extracted. Like to recycle? Me too. It’s what makes my grill cheese sandwiches so fantastic. Butter baby.




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